Max Defourny

Max Defourny (born 9 October 1998) is a Belgian-born professional racing driver from Luxembourg, currently competing in Formula Renault 2.0.

Max Defourny
Nationality Belgian
Born (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998
Liège, Belgium
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 career
Debut season2015
Current teamMP Motorsport
Car number33
Former teamsR-ace GP
Starts55
Wins2
Poles5
Fastest laps10
Best finish3rd in 2016
Previous series
2015-17
2015
2014
2014		Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Italian F4 Championship
French F4 Championship

Career

Karting

Born in Liège, Defourny began karting in 2009 at the age of eleven and took his first karting title the following year.

Formula 4 Championships

Defourny graduated to single-seaters in 2014, partaking in nine races of the French F4 Championship as a guest driver and three rounds of the Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport, finishing 20th in the overall standings.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2015, Defourny graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 series with the ART Junior Team, taking three victories and fourth place in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.

Defourny remained with his previous outfit in 2016, following its rebadging as R-ace GP, and finished as vice-champion to Lando Norris in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and third in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.

Defourny stayed in R-ace GP in 2017. But he wasn't able to improve his championship position, finishing fourth behind his teammates Will Palmer and Robert Shwartzman. He took only one win at Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet after disqualification of Shwartzman.[1] He collected eleven podiums in 2017, three more than in 2016.

Formula V8 3.5

In November 2016, Defourny partook in post-season testing with Fortec Motorsports and AVF.[2]

GP3 Series

Defourny drove at the post-season test at Yas Marina with ART Grand Prix and Arden International.[3][4]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 French F4 Championship N/A 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 9 20th
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC ART Junior Team 16 2 1 2 4 218 4th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series Koiranen GP 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 R-ace GP 15 1 3 5 8 188.5 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 15 3 2 5 9 285 2nd
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup 23 1 2 5 11 255 4th
Formula Renault NEC 3 0 0 1 2 0 NC†
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 3 0 0 1 0 2 18th
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 28 14th
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Douglas Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 32 23rd
2018–19 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 15 3 3 6 9 243 2nd

† As Defourny was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2017 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes SIL
1		 SIL
2		 SIL
3		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 MNZ
3		 PAU
1		 PAU
2		 PAU
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 NOR
3		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 ZAN
3		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
18		 NÜR
3
9		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 RBR
3		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 HOC
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References
  1. Allen, Peter (26 August 2017). "Shwartzman stripped of win after Fenestraz clash, Defourny ends win drought". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Max Defourny test Formula V8 3.5 bolide (Max Defourny test Formula 3.5 V8 car)". 16 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Revised driver entry list for Day 2". 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. "Driver entry list for day 3 of post-season test". 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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